Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black US Supreme Court Justice.
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During the American Revolutionary War, John André, a British Army officer, was hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
British rock band Oasis released their second album, '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'
A team of scientists invented the sports drink Gatorade in a University of Florida lab.
English Protestant author William Tyndale published 'The Obedience of a Christian Man' in Antwerp, Belgium.
EA Games' FIFA 10, the highest-rated FIFA game made, was released in Europe.